24-02-2006, 23:41
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Cambridgeshire
Age: 64
Posts: 4,232
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re: KwikFit - Overcharging, Lying Robbers - Avoid - I saved £400!
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Originally Posted by simon9975
I have 12yrs of the trade under my belt all dealerships,i too made the mistake one sunday morning of taking my then sierra for a wheel alignment check as i had replaced the very comon fault of track control arm bushes.
I went in and said to the manager i wanted the wheel alignment checking,no problem put it on the ramp,came back 5mins later and called me to the car,look sir we carnt check this alignment as the track control arm bushes are worn,WHAT you muppet i just replaced them,oh yes he said my mistake,so i said take the car off your'e not doing it,sod that i would never recommend to them anyone even if it was a sunday they are crap,don't know what there on about and all the time want the quick easy earners,like the older genaration who they say ooohhh brakes are worn,tyres nearly bald and they know there gonna get the work.
God it annoys me as there are some decent mechanics and that it what most who work for ****fit arnt 
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Track control arm Bushes????????? WTF are they?
Do you mean bottom ball joints?
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